Thanks for the very helpful comments.
I just got a chance to get back to the issue and started following the advice from Jea48. After pulling out one of the right-side power amp tubes, resetting it, and playing music through the amp, that tube seemed to have a clear visual difference...it seemed to have an orange glow inside that the other tubes didn't, as if the metal parts were heating up like in a light bulb. The distortion was also more quickly obvious. Just to be sure, I swapped it with the tube in the same position on the left side and the distortion went to the other speaker.
I've actually had the thing for less than 90 days, and haven't really physically moved it around at all since I first set it up. I guess the tube was just defective. Maybe Jolida will send me a replacement. But I can't wait around for snail mail to get my stereo working, so I guess I'll just go buy a set at store tomorrow. And maybe I'll try a different brand and see if that sounds any different. :-)
I just got a chance to get back to the issue and started following the advice from Jea48. After pulling out one of the right-side power amp tubes, resetting it, and playing music through the amp, that tube seemed to have a clear visual difference...it seemed to have an orange glow inside that the other tubes didn't, as if the metal parts were heating up like in a light bulb. The distortion was also more quickly obvious. Just to be sure, I swapped it with the tube in the same position on the left side and the distortion went to the other speaker.
I've actually had the thing for less than 90 days, and haven't really physically moved it around at all since I first set it up. I guess the tube was just defective. Maybe Jolida will send me a replacement. But I can't wait around for snail mail to get my stereo working, so I guess I'll just go buy a set at store tomorrow. And maybe I'll try a different brand and see if that sounds any different. :-)